M.T.C. Club records, 1839-1857; bulk: 1839-1843.

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M.T.C. Club records, 1839-1857; bulk: 1839-1843.

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Records of the M.T.C. Club, a social club for young men formed in Oct. 1839 "for the purpose of free social converse & mutual improvement and amusement." Members included Jonathan Fay Barrett, Benjamin Drew, Jr., Henry J. Gardner, W. W. Greenough, Nathan Hale, Jr., George W. Minns, Allen C. Spooner, Charles W. Storey, and others. Records consist of satirical meeting minutes summarizing performances of songs, poetry, and readings; discussions of literary, historical, philosophical, and political subjects, including the death of William Henry Harrison; and transcripts of mock trials. Meetings were held weekly, usually at the American House on Hanover St., Boston. Members chaired meetings on a rotating basis, and each chairman kept the minutes of his meeting. The second volume is mostly blank, and regular minutes end in Apr. 1843, with later notes by Charles W. Storey in 1853 and 1857. Included is a photocopy of the first volume. The origin of the club's name is unknown.

2 cased vols. and 1 narrow box.

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M.T.C. Club (Boston, Mass.).

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Spooner, A. Crocker (Allen Crocker), 1814-1853

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Gardner, Henry J. (Henry Joseph), 1819-1892

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Minns, George W.

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Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

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Drew, Benjamin, 1812-1903

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Greenough, William W. (William Whitwell), -1899

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Merchant, politician. Trustee of the Boston Public Library, 1856-1899. From the description of Letters received, 1850-1892. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 14707184 Written while Greenough (A. B. 1837) was a student at Harvard. From the description of Rudiments of a grammar of the Anglo-Saxon tongue ; A Moeso-Gothic grammar : manuscript, 1834. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612827421 Merchant and public official of Boston, Mass.; born ...

Hale, Nathan, 1818-1871

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Storey, Charles William, 1816-1893

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Barrett, Jonathan Fay, 1817-1885

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